Written by Reiko Yoshida.Ī short 3D film released at various events including at Hanayashiki, and re-released as part of the Toei 3D Animation Fair in October 2009. Released as part of the Spring 1999 Toei Animation Fair, alongside Yu-Gi-Oh! and Doctor Slump: Arale's Surprise Burn. One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island Mirai was nominated for Best Animated Feature for the 2019 Oscars. As of November 2021, Studio Chizu has released four films directed by Hosoda: 2012's Wolf Children, 2015's The Boy and the Beast, 2018's Mirai and 2021's Belle. Hosoda left Madhouse in 2011 to establish his own animation studio, Studio Chizu, with Yuichiro Saito who produced The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Summer Wars. This episode led to him being hired at the animation studio Madhouse, which he worked at from 2005 to 2011.Īt Madhouse, Hosoda earned critical acclaim with his directing efforts, including 2006's The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (which won Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year in 2007 ) and 2009's Summer Wars (which won the same award in 2010). ĭuring this time, he directed an episode of Ojamajo Doremi, which was inspired by his turbulent time at Ghibli. That experience would lead to future collaborations between them. In 2004, Mamoru Hosada met Yuichiro Saito, with whom he worked together in the opening of Shinichiro Watanabe’s Samurai Champloo (2004). Proceeding his departure from Ghibli, Hosoda returned to Toei and worked on a few animations in collaboration with artist Takashi Murakami, such as the commercial Superflat Monogram for Louis Vuitton and directed a O ne Piece feature film, One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island. Return to Toei, and departure to Madhouse In the end, Hosoda left in the summer of 2002 during the early production stages, after failing to come up with a concept acceptable to Studio Ghibli bosses. According to Hosoda, he "was told to make similar to how Miyazaki would have made it, but wanted to make own film the way wanted to make it". However, production on the film became strained due to creative differences. This was scheduled for a summer 2003 release. Studio Ghibli announced that Hosoda was to direct the film Howl's Moving Castle in September 2001. Shortly after the release of Our War Game!, Hosoda attracted the eye of Ghibli head producer Toshio Suzuki. ĭuring his time at Toei, Hosoda worked his way up, garnering public attention in the early 2000s with the first two films in the Digimon Adventure series. He initially applied at Studio Ghibli though he did not get the job, he received a rejection letter of praise from Hayao Miyazaki himself. Īfter graduation, Hosoda was able to land an animation job at Toei Animation, after submitting a short film that he had animated in his spare time. He majored in oil painting at the Kanazawa College of Art in Ishikawa Prefecture. Hosoda initially felt inspired to take up animation as a career after seeing The Castle of Cagliostro, the first film directed by Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli fame. His father worked as a railway engineer, and his mother was a tailor. Hosoda was born in Kamiichi, Nakaniikawa District, Toyama, Japan. Life and career Early life and initial work at Toei Animation He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Animated Feature Film at the 91st Academy Awards for his eighth film Mirai. Mamoru Hosoda ( 細田 守, Hosoda Mamoru, born September 19, 1967) is a Japanese film director and animator.
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